Steam separator



June 19, 1945. B. PLACE 2,378,862

I STEAM SEPARATOR original Filed April 29, 1'941 A WW2;

ATTORN EY' Patented JunelQ, 1945.`

UNITED STATES Pmm N. Y., acorporation ofDelaware .wOriginal application April 29,11941L SerialNm ff i f A t. 13905879.; Divided and thisamilication'lilebruary` f i i 12, 194.4,uSerialNo. 522,160` i i 3;o1a'ims. tcl.,12;4915gig This zainventionfxrelates to `steamf:separators and `iis a division of my application :Serial No.

`390379,leaflsipnl.29,1f1941. t i Reference .iistalso :made tto my Patent No.

2,357,423, issuedfSeptember l5, 1944, Iwhich coni `tains broad fclaims common ,tothe subject `mat- "terfof :both "applications, as Wellas claims direlated to a number of `species thereinillustrated.

This present @application "is g directed 4to `a wspecies shown in fthe aforesaid application lSe- The yobjective cf `the species of this application, like those ofthefaforesaidapplications, is to secure a verykeiectiveseparaton of Water and fsteam,` fso `that the barry-over of `Water .into i the` equipmentsoperated by the steamideveloped lby l.the boiler, is :reduced tc;a minimum. )More 'specicallm itislgan object` of the invention' to make it possible to operate lat much higher concentrations iof :solid 4'matter in `the. boiler water,`

before it isnecessary-to blowfdown. l

How the-foregoing is :accomplished -is illus- `rows i of *tubes lis. continuously .discharged from i :to Ithe `normal Watertlevel;@upwardly .-andgr'ear.-`

' `vvardly, @to fa- @point ``preferably :f dust if; above athe .10 :rial LNo.'390,879, :but nottherein specifically upper eclgevof` the slottlzpsaid 'mainba-ilie terminating short rof thevbaffleqfZn Thus there `isa-a discharge openingiformed 'by baffles :2 an'dft establishing communication between-@the 4space below Lbailles I `and 3,.-andythefspace:aboyepbailie 3. vfourlthbafe `I ialsoq-extends 4finwardly trom the idriumvvajll at :aipoint fad-jacent the baille#1 acter Aidenotesxtthe steam and water-drum of `the boiler. "Into ethisydrum therefiswdelvered a mixture offsteam :and `Water ithrough a `plurality ioffroiws iof vltubes al which `deliver:sucht-mixture y'into fthe )space incthe drum Aabove the nor-mal vvater `level;"vindicated"kat 8." Other tubes-9` deliver mixture :into the wtirum, some of them approximately at the l'norma'l water `level and 1,

Vothers below.` The reference `im `indica-tes ftubes somefof fwhichlare downcomer tubes andfothers ofi which` :aren-tubes in which the Iilovimmaar at times be :upward-into the-'drum or at times down- `Ward from the fdrum. l Theyreference `numeral #8&0 l z because `it will "travel somegnlstance before it l Extending `inwardly` from the drumwlw `111 at a point belovvthe-second yrow of tube'sfl isa ,lon- .gitudinally `extending baffle ZI. "with this is asecond mbalile f2; The bales; I and .Cooperating n `:said baille lll` extending downwardly and being .spaced away from; i baffle :.3 and `temninating fatwa point some *distancefpstfthe :upper edge-.of baille the space betWeen-bailles .and lL-and thenbends again on itself to travel through the spaceabove i baffled: to the i outlet .tubes Il. It `will bebilder- `stond that-bales and 4`likewise doin `Withtthe end baies I4. i i i It will (thus be .geen that the. 'sheeft"of ntei and the Water, and.` then turns towardrthe left. The sheet thus constitutes aweontinuous barrage interposed just iniadvanvce ofthe `opening between baltes `2 and 3, throughwhich. barrage fall 'steamv leaving the space,belovv`baffles.` I` and` 3 i `must pass onitswayto said opening and eventuf2 areoined at eachgendpwith end bafes M Thus ithe bafes `I and 2, together withthe Vend .baillesyicooperate to receive steam and-jwater mixture" discharged into `drum `vvall and `terminates `short 4 off the baffled, leaving alongituclinalslot I2 .'Thusthe steam #and Water mixture `delivered :by I'the two fupper x x allir tothe steam outlet means. i M

The velocity ofthisbarrage "sfrelatively high losesiits initial velocity.V f. Thus theI steam in attempting `to escape `through thev opening `and i to `theoutlet .is subjected toy a relatively dense i Amixture` moving atl relatively high velocity, `1n

consequence 1of vvhiclifa` substantial portion` of the` Water contained inthe steam is, as it were,

i and 3 -must also ,Dassthrough `suchy barrage and `receivetthe irripactthereof.` Thisfoam consists l of Water bubbles. which `are broken upbv ,the

` impact of. the barrage.` Kconslecluence;r the `steam leaving tljielopeningbetween bales 2 and" 3 is largely deprived of water and substantially completely deprived of foam.

The baille ll is not necessarily employed, but

portion of any remaining Water in the steam by causing the steam to change direction of flow.

It will be seen from inspection of the drawing that one or more of the tubes 22 rises upwardly to a point `above the normal water level 8, the discharge being deflected byv means of the hood 23. A pipe or pipes 24 are also provided which extend from a point adjacent the bottom of the drum upwardly, being curved to discharge in the uppermost row of tubes 9a at the right.

By reason thereof, the baille 3 cannot be extended to the normal water level, leaving a space between thelbottom edge of the baille and the water. To prevent any substantial amount of steam from passing under the. bottom edge of the baille 3, 'the following provision is made. A baille I9 extends downwardly from the drum wall to a point approximately in line with the lower edge of the baille 3, baille I9 being spaced away to provide an opening 20 between it and baille 3. One or more rows of tubes la deliver a steam and Water mixture into the space between the drum wall and baille I9, this steam and vvwater mixture flowing downwardly and then around the lower edge of baille 3. This also is high velocity steam and water mixture which counteracts the tendency of any-of the slower moving steam to leave the space below baille 3 and flow around the lower end of baille 3 to the right. Furthermore, separated Water, separated in the space above baille 3, tends to run down vthe 'various surfaces and into the throat or outlet 20, this also helping to prevent steam from passing from beneath the baille 3 around the lower edge thereof to the right. Foam, by the foregoing arrangements, is also prevented from passing upwardly through throat 20. f

To assist in -turning steam passing between baffles 3 and 4 toward the steam outlet, baille lila is provided. By the foregoing, the steam and water are so effectively separated that it is possible to operate the boiler, `before blow down, at concentrations at least several times greater than the concentration permissible by the conventional types oi. separator means employed.

I claim:

1. In a steam and waterr drum having means for delivering a mixture of steam and water thereinto above the normal water level thereof and having steam outlet means from an upper part thereof, means for separating water and steam comprising a longitudinally extending first baffle,v extendingvinwardly from the drum wall at a point adjacent said means for delivering said mixture into the drum. a longitudinally extending second baille also extending ,inwardly from the drum wall and to a point adjacent to but short of the rst baille and cooperating with the ilrst baille to dei-lne a longitudinally extending slot and a space for receiving said mixture as it is delivered into Athe drum. a longitudinally extending third baille having its lower edge at a point above but adjacent to the normal water level near that side of the drum opposite said discharge slot, and extending upwardly to a point short of the second baille and above said discharge slot to thereby provide an opening between the third and second baffles located above the said discharge slot and providing communication between the space below the rst and third bailles and the space above the third baille, said first and second baffles being so disposed that the steam and water mixture delivered into the space defined thereby is discharged through said lslot in the form of a 1ongitudinally extending continuous sheet or barrage interposed between said opening and the space below the first and third baffles, the third baille being so located with respect to the first and second bailles that the said sheet impinges thereon at a relatively small angle, end cross baiiles for said baffles, and means for preventing steam and foam from passing around the lower edge of said third baille.

2. In a steam and water drum having means for delivering a mixture of steam and water thereinto above the normal water level thereof and having steam outlet means from an upper part thereof, means for separating water and steam comprising a longitudinally extending rst baille, extending inwardly from the drum wall 'at a point adjacent said means for delivering said mixture into the drum, a longitudinally extending second baille also extending inwardly from the drum wall and to a pointiadjacent to but short of the first baille and cooperating with the rst baille to define a longitudinally extending slot and a space for receiving said mixture v as it is delivered into the drum, a longitudinally extending third baille rising upwardly from a point adjacent to the normal water level and extending toward but kterminating at a point short of thesecond baille to thereby provide an opening between the third and second bailles located above the said discharge slot and providing communication between the space below the ilrst and third bailles and the space above the third baille, said first and second -bailles being so disposed that the steam and water mixturey delivered into the space defined thereby is discharged through said slot in the form of a longitudinally extending continuous sheet or barrage interposed between saidA opening and the space below the first and third baiiles, the third baille being so located with respect to the iirst and second bailles that the said sheet impinges thereon at a relatively small angle, end

cross baiiles for said baffles, and means for preventing steam and foam from passing around the lower edge of said third baille, said means comprising a fourth baille extending inwardly from the drum wall and downwardly to a point approximately the level of the lower edge of the third baille but spaced away therefrom, and means for delivering steam and water mixture into the space between the fourth baille onV the drum wall which is away from the third baille.

3. In a steamand water drum having means forl delivering a mixture of steam .and water thereinto above the normal water level thereof and having steam outlet means from an upper part thereof,means for separating water and steam comprising a longitudinally extending rst baille, extending inwardly from the drum wall at a` point adjacent said'means for delivering said mixture into the drum, a longitudinally extending second baille also extending inwardly from the drum wall and to a point adjacent to but short of the first baille and cooperating with the first baille to define a longitudinally extending slot and a space for receiving mixture delivered into the drum, a longitudinally extending third baille rising upwardly from a point adjacent to the normal water level and extend-v ing toward but terminating at a point short of the second baffle tothereby provide an `opening between the third andsecond baffles located above the said discharge slot and providing communication between the space below the iirstl and third baiies and the space above the third baiiie, `said rst and second battles being so disposed that. the steam and water mixture delivered into Vthe space dened thereby is discharged through saidslot in the forni` of a lonedge of said third baffle, said means comprising a t fourth baille extending inwardly from thedrum wall and downwardly to a point approximately gitudinally extending continuous sheet or` barrage interposed between said opening and the space below the `first and third baffles, the third baffle; being so located with `respect to the rst and lsecond bailles that the said sheet impinges thereon at a relatively small angle, end cross bales for said baies, means for preventing steam and foam from passing around the lower the level of the lower edge of the third bafe but spaced away therefrom, and means for delivering steam and water mixture `into the space betweenthe fourth baffle on the drum wall which is away from the third baffle, together with a fifth bale extending inwardly and downwardly from the drum wall at a point adjacent the n second baffle and extending some distance past the upper edge of the third baffle and being spaced away from said third baffle and terminating short of the fourth baffle, `and a sixth longitudinally extending baiile extending inwardly and rearwardly from said fourth bailie to apoint short of the l third baie..

`Prniivntia B. PLACE. 

